I’ve been rather taken by the version of Coislfield House that Kevin Crawford (of Lunasa) plays on his solo album. Question is, what key is this? From my attempts to play along, C, F and G are sharp.
I found several references to it on Google, and the two that mention the key say that it is G.
Tom
Just wanted to apologize for the ealier post. I did not realize that you had said that you already tried G.
Tom
He plays it in Ab on the recording…
Carol
On 2002-10-04 13:57, cskinner wrote:
He plays it in Ab on the recording…
Ah, and myself without an Ab whistle… Wait, could that be the sound of WHOA calling? 
Thanks, it was driving me nuts. It seems to work just fine if I shift down to G.
I also note that he’s made some adjustments to the tune that eliminated the very low notes that make the tune extremely difficult to play on a whistle. As written, the tune covers two and a half octaves.
I play it in G also, an easy sit under the fingers on my D whistle. It was also one of the first tunes I tackled on my flute (only been playing about 4 months): a wonderful tune full of soaring feeling.
Of course if you have an Eb whistle you could play along with Kevin with the same fingerings as if you were playing in G. (Just couldn’t help feeding the WhOA flames a bit…)
Carol